Children! Hiyoli Togawa

• Toshio Hosokawa (b. 1955): Komori-Uta (Lullaby of Itsuki):
• 1 Hosokawa: Komori-Uta (Lullaby of Itsuki) 03:47
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Suite No. 3 for violoncello in C major, BWV 1009 (arr. for viola):
• 2 Bach: Suite No. 3 for violoncello in C major, BWV 1009 (arr. for viola): Allemande 03:40
• Johanna Doderer (b. 1969): The little bird:
• 3 Doderer: The little bird 02:23
• Gity Razaz (b. 1986): The Golden Bee:
• 4 Razaz: The Golden Bee 03:01
• Märt-Matis Lill (b. 1975): Lullaby:
• 5 Lill: Lullaby 06:12
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 1 for violoncello in G major, BWV 1007 (arr. for viola):
• 6 Bach: Suite No. 1 for violoncello in G major, BWV 1007 (arr. for viola): Allemande 04:10
• Elliott Gyger (b. 1968): Chanting:
• 7 Gyger: Chanting 03:14
• Michiru Ōshima (b. 1961): Flower:
• 8 Ōshima: Flower 02:52
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 2 for violoncello in D minor, BWV 1008 (arr. for viola):
• 9 Bach: Suite No. 2 for violoncello in D minor, BWV 1008 (arr. for viola): Allemande 03:03
• Yuri Povolotsky (b. 1962): Here Comes a Swallow:
• 10 Povolotsky: Here Comes a Swallow 04:49
• Kalevi Aho (b. 1949): Nuku, lapsoseni:
• 11 Aho: Nuku, lapsoseni 02:53
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 5 for violoncello in C minor, BWV 1011 (arr. for viola):
• 12 Bach: Suite No. 5 for violoncello in C minor, BWV 1011 (arr. for viola): Allemande 05:57
• Federico Gardella (b. 1979): Wiegenlied:
• 13 Gardella: Wiegenlied 03:52
• Diana Rotaru (b. 1981): Co(ho)quet(us) reMix:
• 14 Rotaru: Co(ho)quet(us) reMix 05:33
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 4 for violoncello in E flat major, BWV 1010 (arr. for viola):
• 15 Bach: Suite No. 4 for violoncello in E flat major, BWV 1010 (arr. for viola): Allemande 04:02
• Ivan Buffa (b. 1979): To The Unkown Voice:
• 16 Buffa: To The Unkown Voice 04:14
• Lu Wang (b. 1982): Suite No. 6 for violoncello in D major, BWV 1012 (arr. for viola):
• 17 Wang: Sparrows and Puffins 02:14
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 6 for violoncello in D major, BWV 1012 (arr. for viola):
• 18 Bach: Suite No. 6 for violoncello in D major, BWV 1012 (arr. for viola): Allemande 07:18
• Alexej Gerassimez (b. 1987): Lullaby of Itsuki:
• 19 Gerassimez: Lullaby of Itsuki 03:59
• Total Runtime 01:17:13

Info for Children!

After Songs of Solitude (BIS2553), a project designed by Hiyoli Togawa at a time when Covid forced people across the world into isolation (released in March 2021), the Japanese-Australian violist now presents another themed album focusing on the situation of children. During the pandemic, she kept thinking of the many children who do not have a loving home and were forced to stay at home, and so were exposed helplessly to violence, hunger and poverty. As with her previous disc, she commissioned works on the theme of childhood from composers around the world. Thirteen of them, from Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, answered the call and embarked on a journey into childhood. The result is a collection of lullabies, childhood memories and adventures. Playful, wild, silent, funny, serious or dreamy, these works are musical pleas for the rights of children around the world. Hiyoli Togawa combines them with the Allemandes from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Suites for solo cello. Each of these Allemandes presents a new character, opening a very special dance universe. They invite us to surrender ourselves to the genuine and undisguised joy of playing and perhaps, almost, to lose ourselves in it – to find ourselves.

Hiyoli Togawa, viola
Kiveli Dörken, piano
Alexej Gerassimez, percussion

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Booklet for Children!